Masiakasaurus was a small theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, best known for its unusual forward angled front teeth. That tooth shape suggests it targeted small animal prey, possibly including insects and small vertebrates, but its exact diet is not directly known from stomach contents. It lived in the same ecosystem as much larger predators such as Majungasaurus. The Maevarano fauna also included madtsoiid snakes, an extinct group of constricting snakes, showing that smaller dinosa